I need clarification (cue Remillo).
As a living end player I was positive I had a firm grasp of the rules governing cascade. I just watched an SCG open match where the living end player, casting a cascade spell and choosing not to cast {living end} when it got revealed, proceeded to exile living end.
I am 100% positive that that should not have happened. It should have gone to the bottom of his library with the rest of the revealed cards (in a random order), right?
So are you saying that it went to exile, and then went to the bottom, cause that would be correct. Or it just stayed in exile.
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card whose converted mana cost is less than this spell's converted mana cost. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then put all cards exiled this way that weren't cast on the bottom of your library in a random order.)
The cards are exiled first, but then upon resolution moved to the bottom in random order.
He revealed cards until he found {living end}, decided he didn't want to cast it, put {living end} into exile and all other cards revealed to the bottom of his library.
Basically, if not countered into a different zone, the card should end up either in the graveyard or the bottom of library right? I am positive it was played incorrectly.
702.84a (http://imtgapp.com/forum/index.php?action=imtg;area=rule;number=702.84a): Cascade is a triggered ability that functions only while the spell with cascade is on the stack. "Cascade" means "When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card whose converted mana cost is less than this spell's converted mana cost. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then put all cards exiled this way that weren't cast on the bottom of your library in a random order."
It was indeed played incorrectly.
That is how I have always understood it. Just seeing it played like that, against a pro player, on camera on surrounded by judges, had me questioning my judgment.